Grow Your Holiday Cheer

Grow Your Holiday Cheer...

This wheelbarrow sacrifices rain catchment Is your budget thin this year for Christmas gift giving and holiday cheer? Gift exchanges are a cemented part and parcel of the consumative volcano that is the Western holiday season. And it’s too bad, because the mountains of wrapped...
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National Geographic Green Guide

National Geographic Gre...

That’s right, National Geo has a Green Guide. The Complete Reference for Consuming Wisely is an outstanding sourcebook and introduction to the world of green living and eco-friendly household and business practices. Even the case for organic clothing is made in a manner that...
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BrandX reads

BrandX reads...

Some good green snippets have been in the news in and around the latest publication in the Southland. This BrandX seems like a poorly written giveaway but is really a savvy read on what’s happening in Los Angeles sustainable downtown and around the area in various venues and...
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Squish Patrol Micro-Maneuvers

Squish Patrol Micro-Man...

Bugs in the summer may amuse your kids, but these buzzing, biting and zooming nonpaying renters can take up residence in the garden and kill your summer herbfest faster than you can “chemically inorganic”. Don’t feed the critters, just the daisies. Organic gardeners...
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Green Property Management

Green Property Manageme...

Responsible property managers and home owners in sustainable cities need to rethink conventional approaches to grounds maintenance and classical landscaping practices and meet the changing standards of environmental conditions and water quality management.   Methods of green landscaping,...
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The State of Global Energy Markets

The State of Global Ene...

The new austerity economy has made many energy companies take a second wind (no pun intended) in the energy efficiency market. Global mandates for lowered fossil fuels has spawned an international race for alternative fuel and energy development.   Breaking dependence on foreign...
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Green Re-Use Products

Green Re-Use Products...

Just a few quick blurbs about some new finds in the renewable living and sustainable home world (These are not paid links). Just browsed the local Albertson’s and saw a nice re-use type product that would make a great gift, especially now that summer is here. Great for beach,...
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Grassoline

Grassoline...

What will it take to get the American economy to make the biofuel commitment? Current a struggling auto industry suffers from lack of economic growth, and coincidentally high gas prices and record extreme highs at the gas pump have critics looking hard at biofuels. Ethanol products...
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Organic Composting

Organic Composting...

I passed a workshop today at the public library that was discussing composting and somehow I found myself wishing I could attend. How did THAT happen? This grungy granola industry topic is 180 degrees from my attitude concerning these issues out of high school, if indeed I had a...
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How to Shop Organic...

Farmer's Markets Shopping organic goes against a lot of the shopping habits we were bought up with. Most people have learned to shop prizing perfect packaging and uniformly formed food that has been chemically treated and grown using pesticides to keep the appearance fresh and...
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